Song Over the Sea. [open]

[Laurent Maythorn]

Weaving through the streets of Argi, Laurent had intentions to get to the beach at about dusk to play his favourite instrument, the guitar. The brown, wooden instrument was strapped to Laurent's back while he arrived at the beach. Taking a quick glance around the beach, Laurent stepped onto the sand of the emptying location where he wished to sing. On a normal day, Laurent would've remained in his room to strum the strings and play a chosen song, but today felt a bit different. Aaron had yet to give him a new command other than to protect Vashti and cease any assassination attempts on Oliver, which meant the day was Laurent's to enjoy. The slight crunching of sand beneath Laurent's feet was all the young man heard as he ventured out onto the beach to seek a location. Most would've long fled since darkness was more active during the later hours of the day and night, but Laurent was well prepared to deal with the threat.

Opting to wear a red sweater and blue jeans, Laurent looked harmless for the most part, but in truth a pocket knife was hidden in his jeans pocket. However, that was all Laurent could carry without drawing suspicion to himself on the topic of why someone would be carrying many weapons. Wearing his black trench coat wasn't an option, since he truly only wore it out on missions to conceal various weapons that were on his person, and a cloak would simply look strange. Soon, Laurent began making his way down an old fishing dock that was far from where most beach dwellers remained. Once Laurent arrived near the edge of the dock, he sat down, crossing his legs as he grabbed the guitar that was on his back. With the string instrument in his hands, Laurent strummed some of the cords gently to check if they needed to be tightened or loosened. Once everything checked out, Laurent glanced at the sun that was setting over the water, which made him smile.

With that, the young man began to strum the tune to Angel by Theory of a Deadman. Upon starting, Laurent felt as though he was in his own world as he began to sing the lyrics of the song beside his guitar tune. If anyone was to see the young man, they could easily tell that he was enjoying his time alone, playing the song he'd listen to for a while.

[ You can find the lyrics here, and this is a lyric video if you prefer/to hear the tune. ]

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Alisa had been with Fang for the last little while but when he opted to take care of his plans, she chose to stay back because it only seemed safer for her. She found herself wandering towards the beach, not having been there since her siblings had been killed. She heard a voice and found herself slowly walking towards it. It wasn't long before she noticed a guy, he seemed to be alone and based from his emotions she could tell he was quite happy. She slowly approached, only desiring to continue her walk, though hearing his singing which happened to be good by the way, were making her all the more happy as well. She smiled at him as he finished his song, likely to take notice of her if he hadn't noticed her sooner. She clapped her hands together, impressed by his singing.

"You sing really well." She commented, clearly stating something that he should know of himself already. There was a smile pasted on her face as she crossed her hands over her arms as if she were cold. One would noticed from her appearance that she was wearing a dress shirt with slacks. She didn't have a wallet or cell phone, proving for her to be what one might notice as homeless. She wasn't here to look for assists however, because Fang would be back and they would once more have a place but for now she wanted to be near the beach. "My mother used to sing to me every night." She stated, "Thank you for singing." She answered, clearly grateful. Though it was clear he didn't seem to want company, so she was tempted to leave as fast as she got there.

[Laurent Maythorn]

Whilst Laurent continued to play the song, he had no awareness of the listener he'd attracted with his song. The sound of stings being strummed to create and tune as well as his own voice reciting the words of the song has longed took him from reality. Having not a clue of the joy he was giving to the girl watching him, Laurent continue without falter, ending the song. Before Laurent had the chance to check his surroundings, he heard some clapping from behind him. Laurent glanced behind him immediately after hearing the noise, finding a smiling young girl who gave his singing a compliment. Giving a sheepish smile at the girl, Laurent shrugged. "Uh, thanks. Didn't know I had a listener though," Laurent responded, feeling slight embarrassment over being sneaked up on. Usually, Laurent would be paying more attention to his surroundings, making him awfully difficult to follow without him knowing.

The girl wore a dress shirt and slacks, and was still smiling as she stated her mother sang for her and even gave thanks. "Heh, I sing all the time, can't really be thanked for it," Laurent said simply. He felt as though there was no need to be thanked for his singing, since he often did it for his own joy. "My mother taught me, and if you have a request for my next song, feel free to ask." There wasn't a chance that Laurent would pry into this girl's personal life, since he could be pretty secretive with certain aspects. "Anyways, I'm Laurent, and who are you, miss?" Laurent asked, deciding to discover the name of his little fan.

[ Am I the only one who feels like sneaked is wrong? When it is correct because snuke isn't a word. @-@ ]

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Alisa had noticed from his emotions as well as his words that she had caught him by surprise, she wouldn't normally listen to another person to sing, but he sang so beautifully it was to hard for her to desire leaving. "Yes, I understand." She answered him back, knowing she had come out of nowhere. "Bad habit I suppose." She wouldn't change herself in the world though, it made it easier to stay in the unknown, seeing as it helped her get to where she needed to go without being caught. He explained how he would sing all the time, "Oh but you must, especially if you don't get thanked very often." She corrected, though his mother had taught him as hers had sang to her. Her mother had sang plenty of songs but she felt like she wouldn't be very helpful on the subject. "I think I would rather just here your list first." She answered, opting to not hear those songs for now, not unless he had them on his list too. She hadn't heard the song since her mother died. "Alisa, it's nice to meet you Laurent." She answered him back, figuring there wasn't much harm in saying that much. I chose to follow Fang so I do count myself on the run. Oh well.

[It looks correct to me, to be honest.]

[Laurent Maythorn]

Attracting attention hadn't been Laurent's plan for the day, since his intentions were to sing and play away from the crowds. Despite the fact his singing was beautiful, he refused to sing in front of large crowds because of his dislike of noise. Although most would debate the crowds can be silent, he still found himself desiring to remain in smaller groups. "Just means that you're skilled in sneaking around really," Laurent responded. He'd long learned to make his footsteps silent, since it was a requirement to his occupation. Soon the girl insisted on the idea of Laurent being thanked for something he simply performed for enjoyment. "I do this for myself, really. Which means being thanked over it isn't necessary, since I more or less sing for my own enjoyment. But you're welcome, I guess," Laurent said politely. It was a rare occasion to be thanked for just walking out somewhere to sing.

Laurent had thought of being thanked as unnecessary, but he would take the polite words of thanks. The girl somewhat declined his offer to singing a request and asked for a list. This provoked a slight chuckle from Laurent since he didn't carry a list of songs to sing, he often just sang what he wanted to hear at that moment. "Don't have a list, I just sing whatever I want," Laurent explained. Shortly after, the girl introduced herself as Alisa, and gave a very polite introduction. "Nice to meet you as well," Laurent responded for the sake of politeness.

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Alisa gave a sad smile, "Yes.... I suppose it does." She agreed, not caring to go into much more detail than that. She did find herself smiling again when he finally agreed to take her thanks by saying your welcome. She listened to him laughing and she smiled friendly, "That is what I meant. I didn't mean that you would have a list like thingy.... I mean... you must have some favorites that you like singing right?" She asked after a few minutes of trying to figure out what words she was trying to say to him. After giving him her name he said it was nice to meet as well, though if she didn't know any better the emotions hinted more at politeness, which was fine seeing as that was her reason too. Seeing as he didn't seem to mind having her around right this moment she chose now to be the perfect time to sit on the sand, since walking along the beach was her reason for being here there would be no harm in getting sand all over herself, seeing as it would be a while before she'd likely come out here again, not to mention she had to be on her guard just in case her uncle showed up again.

[Laurent Maythorn]

A somewhat awkward answer to Laurent's sneaking comment easily brought cause for him to drop the topic entirely. The sad smile planted on Alisa's face easily confirmed the idea. With a small shrug of response to the topic, Laurent sat silently, debating the next song he wanted to play. Fortunately, the mood soon shifted back to cheerful as Alisa's smiled turned happy and she explained her list comment from earlier. "Hmm, I see. Thing is, I came down here with barely a clue of what I wanted to sing. So I don't have my next song picked out quite yet," Laurent explained, adding another shrug whilst he spoke. Momentarily, Laurent returned to his little debate about what he wanted to sing. Currently his mind was debating between which one was to be first out of two songs he found enjoyable.

"So, how much music do you listen to, anyways?" Laurent asked, mostly to keep the conversation going as he debated between which one to play first. That was when he finally came to a conclusion, but opted to wait until Alisa answered the question. After a period of time passed for Alisa to answer, Laurent began to check the tunes for a second time. "Okay, so I know what I'm going to sing, so relax and enjoy," Laurent said happily. With that, Laurent began playing Inside of Me by 3 Doors Down. However, he didn't drift into his unobservant mode, mostly because Laurent had no plans to be sneaked up on again.

[ Lyrics || Video ]

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Alisa listened to his question, "My mother stopped singing after a few months ago when we moved here.... though to much stuff had come up and so I took on the singing..." She confessed before adding, "I don't sing much anymore though, a few weeks ago I just lost the desire." She answered, first her parents died, then her younger siblings. It still haunted her that she couldn't save her baby sister, the screams that is what she heard when she ran into Darkness. Since being around Fang she hadn't heard much Darkness since though. Since she had answered his question and he was working on his strings she just sat and waited, he then told her what song he opted to sing and she relaxed as he started, finding it very much relaxing. His posture, she noticed he seemed to be slightly more alert, he didn't have to worry about her, she wouldn't do him any harm, but maybe he was running away from something too, either way she would be just happy to see that he seemed to enjoy singing, even if it made him only somewhat relaxed.